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\Jt> V ^ f 4 V > r . w" 1. to the Company attached), and to a satisfactory solut by io-ticle IE, the meeting concession which had been s generally suitable, /N.B. It may be recor the first time in connectic gave rise to considerable d definition of the Sheikh ? s The Southern and Western fr somev/hat indeterminate, that there should be no ris opportunity to call in ques| the unratified ijiglo Turk is i.e. a line running from th South to parallel 20 North, Ncjd, If a map is attache in, the concession, it will in or to omit from Qatar as definition the territory be "iatar as described in the I No. 41 of 24th June, 1933, a and the 1913 An/^lo Turkish i V lead to friction and contro the fact that the Standard now operating on the Hasa 0 that it would be better tc and to leave the definition pending the further report awaited from the Political position could be frankly c k

memorandum on the political importance of 'the maintenance of a British position on the Arab littoral of the Gulf' (ff. 71-76) and the need to offer protection to the Sheikh of Qatar in return for an 'undertaking on his part to grant a concession to the Anglo Persian Oil Company (Iraq Petroleum Company);

note referring to a conversation that occurred at the end of 1922 between Sir Percy, Ibn Saud and Major Holmes regarding the southern boundaries of Qatar and the political relationship between Qatar and Saudi Arabia (f. 116C);

The papers in this file are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume, on folios 211-216. The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.

Physical characteristics

The foliation is on top right-hand corner, starting on the first page of writing and finishing on the back cover. The numbering is in pencil, enclosed by a circle and starts with 1, then 115, 116A, 116B, 116C, then carries on until 221, which is the last number given. There is a second pagination on the top right corner, uncircled, starting on folio 22 (numbered 21) to folio 100 (numbered 99) and then from folio 116a (numbered 113) until folio 210 (numbered 207).